John Campbell,Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider

Groups I Work With

I work with varied populations and ages. With children between the ages 7-12 experiencing behavioral difficulties including disruptive mood dysregulation (DMDD), utilizing dialectical behavior therapy for children (DBT-C). Dialectical behavior therapy for children focuses more on the environment responses before and in addition to the child’s, in order to reinforce and model more effective coping responses, while increasing mindfulness, emotional regulation, interpersonal, and distress tolerance skills to parents and patients.

I also see teens, young adults, and adults for a wide range of presenting concerns including personality challenges, including borderline personality, self-harm, posttraumatic stress (PTSD), bulimia, binge-eating, depression, anxiety, substance use, and bipolar issues. Dialectical behavior therapy often treats populations that have suffered abuse, invalidation, suicidal ideation, and have often engaged in suicide attempts or self-injurious behavior without the intent of suicide. These individuals often struggle with impulse control and experience legal difficulties. That being said, I have worked within a maximum security psychiatric prison, and I am comfortable working with incarcerated or recently released populations. I have seen patients via telehealth and in person while they were incarcerated to maintain care and satisfy court requirements.

In addition, I utilize Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for patients suffering from overcontrol of emotional expression coping styles. This multimodal approach treats a wide range of issues including maladaptive perfectionism, high functioning autism spectrum, anorexia nervosa, treatment-resistant depression, and obsessive-compulsive personality challenges. These are often hard-to-treat populations that have high levels of competence, ability, and attention to details, combined with shame and other negative emotions. However, they suffer in silence without others knowing and often have high difficulty finding a tribe, feeling accepted, or even knowing where to begin.